On April 20, a public lecture "Let's Walk and Learn! Petrology Series (1) Oyama Shrine" was held. Twenty-seven participants, ranging in age from junior high school students to those in their 80s, conducted fieldwork at Oyama Shrine and around Kanazawa Castle.
To begin, Tomoaki Morishita Professor of Institute of Science and Engineering Faculty of Geosciences and Civil Engineering, the lecturer, asked the participants, "What is a 'rock'? and then explained the mechanism of crystals. The group toured commercial facilities, Oyama Shrine, and the walls of Kanazawa Castle, paying attention to the arrangement of crystals and hardness of the stones used for the walls, etc., and deepened their understanding of the environment and processes by which each rock was formed.
ProfessorMorishita then focused on the difference in elevation from the Japan Sea to Oyama Shrine and Kanazawa Castle, and explained from a geological perspective why Kanazawa Castle was built here. He also touched on the recent Noto Peninsula earthquake, explaining the formation of the Japanese archipelago, active faults, and plates, which provoked active questions from the students.
Students commented that they were surprised to learn that the Oyama Shrine and the stone wall of Kanazawa Castle were made from Tomuroishi, and that it was good that they could learn not only about rocks but also about the formation of the Japanese archipelago and active faults. It was a good opportunity to learn about the surrounding rocks and the formation of the Japanese archipelago.
Lector: Tomoaki Morishita - Professor of Institute of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geosciences and Civil Engineering
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Participants observing rocks at the Oyama Shrine shrine gate. -
Professor Morishita explains the rocks and topography of Ishikawa Prefecture
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